A no-spray rose trial has been conducted at the West Tennessee Research and Education Center in Jackson, TN since 2006. In 2007, sites were added... in Crossville, TN and ...) in Poplarville, MS. 136 cultivars were evaluated in at least two of the three t

As an organization we began working with the Texas A&M EarthKind(TM) Research Project in 2006. Next year will be the final evaluations of a portion of our plant material, the Central EarthKind(TM) Test Roses. We have trials for the 20 Northern EarthKind(TM) Trial Roses, as well as having been given permission to work with a 9 foot tall trellis which is 142 feet long for several of the Northern Climbers. This has meant partnerships with Omaha Rose Society, the University of Nebraska (Master Gardeners), an